vapor god rising
above the dark offices
returning to light
photo and haiku by clinock
dark
dark (leaving)
slipping quietly away
it took so long
the leaving
mute as shadows
step by quiet step by
tiptoed second
the slow disappearing
barely noticeable
the slow increments
of separation
the widening chasm
the darkening distance
between the leaving
and the left
the left behind
the wreckage
the stripped bones
the abandoned child
the sheets of insomnia
the barbed and broken
understanding
slipping quietly away
taking nothing
leaving everything
to the silent drifts of night
drawing and poem by clinock.
dark (april fools)
two foolish ones
attempt
a meaningful conversation
in the night
on the doorstep of spring
their words
slow syllables
emerging
fragmenting
dissolving
their words
dance dark
and
dizzying waltzes
stumbling
falling
under starless skies
they cannot agree
who has the key
to the door
forgetting
it is never
locked
wanting to leave
but tangled
in webs of words
paralyzed
by the spider’s eye
two foolish ones
in the dark
struggling
to speak
to hear
while beyond the door
quiet
brightness
waits
poem and art by clinock.
acrylic and mixed media on paper. 12″ x 10″.
art rat cafe 